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Treatment of Cocaine Abuse with Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Colin Brewer
Colin Brewer*
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The Stapleford Centre, 25a Eccleston Street, London SW1W 9NP
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Abstract

A cocaine-abusing patient was treated with phenelzine and tranylcypromine, under supervision, as deterrent drugs; other medical and psychological treatments had fated. When he eventually risked using cocaine there was no hypertensive reaction. Nevertheless, the deterrent effect seemed helpful in breaking his pattern of cocaine use, as confirmed by hair analysis for cocaine.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 6 , December 1993 , pp. 815 - 816
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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